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Registration and
Enrollment in Courses
Registration Procedures
Eligible students can register, drop, add, and list their courses through WyoWeb. To insure that students have seen an adviser, access numbers for each semester’s registration are distributed through the academic advisers. Directions for registration are contained in the appropriate Class Schedule. Class Schedules are available in the Office of the Registrar and online no later than one week prior to advising week. Students are responsible for following directions and deadlines contained in the Class Schedules.
The following categories of continuing students in good standing or on academic probation are eligible to register for the semesters indicated:
1. For the fall semester:
a. All students who were enrolled the previous fall or spring semester.
b. Summer session students cleared by the Admissions Office for fall. (This does not include those admitted for summer only.)
2. For the spring semester:
All students who were enrolled the previous spring or fall semester.
3. For the summer session:
Students who were enrolled the previous summer, fall, or spring semester.
All other applicants and students should complete admission requirements by the admission deadline. (Refer to the sections on undergraduate and graduate admissions in this bulletin for deadlines.)
All information requested during admission and registration is important to the student and to the university and should be kept accurate and complete. If a student’s address, telephone, major, adviser, or other vital information changes after enrollment, the Office of the Registrar should be informed without delay.
Academic Adviser
Academic advising is a decision-making process involving a partnership between the academic adviser and the student (advisee). In this partnership, issues and questions regarding personal, professional, and educational goals are examined and evaluated. This includes, but is not limited to, planning an appropriate course of study and the scheduling of classes.
The purpose of academic advising is to promote rational, informed, and independent choices by the student. To that end, the academic adviser is a significant link for the student to other resources in the university community. Students are expected to take the initiative in developing the adviser-advisee relationship and to assume an ever-increasing role in developing their own academic, career, and personal goals.
Change of Registration
Modification of a course schedule during the drop/add time period is accomplished through WyoWeb. After the end of the drop/add period, individual class withdrawals must be processed on the appropriate form obtained from the Office of the Registrar or its website. Changes to a student’s registration or withdrawals are not official until the required forms are completed and returned to the Office of the Registrar as prescribed.
The period of time allowed for modifying a student’s schedule or withdrawing during the summer session or other special terms is established in regulations or by the registrar, subject to the approval of the vice president for academic affairs.
During the fall and/or spring semester(s):
1. Dropping a class or changing sections: A student may drop classes or change sections of the same course during the first eight class days of the semester (four class days for blocked courses).
2. Adding a course or changing grading option: A student may add classes or change grading options or hours in variable-credit courses during the first ten class days of the semester (five class days for blocked courses).
3. Withdrawal from a course: After the designated drop/add period, students may officially withdraw from individual regular term courses until 10 class days after mid-semester. They may withdraw from blocked courses until five class days after the middle of the course. A mark of W will be assigned indicating withdrawal.
4. Withdrawal from the university (termination of enrollment): A student may terminate all fall or spring semester enrollments if formal procedures are completed through the Office of Student Life prior to the last 15 calendar days of the semester. A mark of W is assigned to each course, indicating official termination for that semester.
Choice of College and Major
The academic adviser is an excellent source of information about the adviser’s professional field for students who have selected a major. Students who are undecided about the selection of a college and/or major and who seek specialized assistance in choosing educational and vocational objectives should contact the Center for Advising and Career Services. These units have programs designed to help the undecided student acquire the tools to make an intelligent decision regarding an appropriate major discipline.
Change of College, Major, or Adviser
Students who wish to change their college, major, or adviser should obtain the appropriate form from either the Office of the Registrar or the office of the dean of the college of their current enrollment. Students wishing to transfer from one college to another must secure the signatures of both their present and future deans. Graduate students need the approval of the Graduate School dean and the head of the department to which the student is transferring. After all appropriate signatures have been obtained, the student should take the form to the Office of the Registrar.
Students who have completed their undergraduate work at the university and who wish to embark upon a graduate program, even through continuing their graduate work in the same field they pursued as undergraduates, will need to apply for graduate admission. (Refer to the section on graduate admission in this bulletin for deadlines.)
Definitions for Student Classifications
| Code | Class | Normal Definition |
| FR | Freshman | Under 30 credits |
| SO | Sophomore | 30 but less than 60 credits |
| JR | Junior | 60 but less than 90 credits |
| SR | Senior | 90 or more credits |
| GR | Graduate Student | |
| LW1 | Law student (professional level) | first year |
| LW2 | Law student (professional level) | second year |
| LW3 | Law student (professional level) | third year |
| MD1 | Medical student (professional level) first year | first year |
| PH1 | Pharmacy student (professional level) | first year (0-33 semester hours) |
| PH2 | Pharmacy student (professional level) | second year (34-69 semester hours) |
| PH3 | Pharmacy student (professional level) | third year (70-104 semester hours) |
| PH4 | Pharmacy student (professional level) | fourth year (104+ semester hours) |
Credit Hour Load
Undergraduates: An
average of 15 hours of work each semester is considered a
normal load. Maximum credit loads are 20 hours in all
colleges. Normally, not more than 12 hours of undergraduate
credit may be earned during the summer session. An approved
Overload Petition form must be filed to exceed these
maximums. Overload Petition forms are available
online or from
the Office of the Registrar.
Graduate students: 14 hours of credit is the average and 16 hours the maximum amount of credit allowed per semester for full-time graduate students. A student who has been assigned an assistantship for the academic year is usually restricted to a load of 13 semester hours. Normally, not more than 8 hours of credit may be earned in course work during an eight-week summer session. An approved Overload Petition form must be filed to exceed these maximums. Overload Petition forms are available online or from the Office of the Registrar.
Auditing a Course
The privilege of non-credit enrollment in a class is available, upon approval of the adviser and the instructor, to any university student. The auditing privilege is subject to the same fee schedule as credit courses. Auditors are expected to attend class regularly and complete such graded work as required by the instructor. It is the responsibility of the student to determine and fulfill the requirements for a satisfactory audit. Though this auditing privilege carries full rights of class participation, it definitely offers no academic credit, does not count toward full- or part-time status, and will result in a mark of satisfactory (SA/S) or unsatisfactory (UA/U). Subsequent credit for the course by special examination is not available.
Graduate Credit for Seniors
Undergraduate students taking graduate-level courses which are not in any way a part of their undergraduate degree have the option of later using such courses for purposes beyond the bachelor’s degree requirements. If the student intends to pursue a graduate degree or needs the courses noted on the academic transcript as reserved for graduate credit for job classification (i.e. advancement on teacher salary schedules, etc.) the student should file a petition. The petition should be filed by midterm of the semester which is requested. The petition form is available from the Graduate School. Courses may not be retroactively reserved once a semester has ended.
Repeating a Course
Students may repeat course work; however, credit earned in any given course (or equivalent course) is applicable toward a degree requirement only once. All grade entries remain on the student’s record, but only the last grade earned will be calculated in the UW cumulative grade point average. Refer to the Cumulative Grade Point Average section of this bulletin for further information. Variable-credit courses are not considered as repeats unless the department head provides written certification that the course content was, in fact, repeated. Courses repeated will remain as entries on the academic transcript. Courses applied towards one completed degree may be repeated as part of a second degree; however, the grade and grade point average in the original degree will not be changed. A student is limited to a maximum of three (3) attempts in any course at the University of Wyoming. An “attempt” includes any instance in which the student earns a grade for the course or withdraws from the course. The three-attempt limit does not apply to courses identified in the General or Graduate Bulletin as being appropriate for students to take multiple times. A student can petition for exceptions to this limitation through established university procedures (UW Regulation 8-238).
Class Attendance
Each student shall attend the lectures, recitations, and laboratories, and participate in field work deemed necessary to adequately fulfill the academic requirements of each course. Each instructor, at the beginning of every semester, shall stipulate the attendance policy necessary for satisfactory completion of the course.
The Dean of Students Office may issue authorized absences for participation in university-sponsored activities and for other unusual circumstances. If students have been hospitalized, or if they have been directed by the Student Health Service or their private physician to stay at their place of residence because of illness, the Student Health Service or their private physician may issue a statement giving the dates of the student’s confinement which the student may show to the instructor without verification from the Dean of Students Office.
All instructors shall permit students who have official authorized absences to make up missed course work without penalty. An authorized absence, however, merely gives the individual who missed the class an opportunity to make up the work and in no way excuses him or her from the work required.
Withdrawal from the University
(Termination of Enrollment)
Withdrawal from the university is the official termination of student status prior to the end of a term. Students wishing to withdraw from all on-campus classes should initiate the procedure with the Dean of Students Office. Withdrawal from the university is not permitted during the last 15 days of a term.
After clearing with the Dean of Students Office, the withdrawal form must be presented to the university cashier for initial processing. The Office of the Registrar will report withdrawals to instructors concerned.
Students withdrawing from Outreach courses should contact the Outreach School.
Course Withdrawal
Students wishing to withdraw from some but not all course work can obtain the required forms from the Office of the Registrar or its website. See the Change of Registration section on preceding pages for deadlines.
A class withdrawal is not official unless filed with the Office of the Registrar. Unauthorized discontinuance of enrollment or unofficial abandonment of classes will result in a failing grade.
Academic Dishonesty
Whatever form academic dishonesty may take, the university community regards it as a serious offense. An act is academically dishonest when, and only when, it is an act attempted or performed in order to misrepresent one’s involvement in an academic task in any way. Such conduct will result in imposition of sanctions pursuant to UW Regulations.
It is the responsibility of both the student and person in charge of an academic task, respectively, to make reasonable efforts to learn of, or make known, the expectations and standards of conduct required in the performance of an academic task. Failure on the part of the student to observe and maintain required standards of academic honesty will require corrective action by officials.
Please send comments or questions to registrar@uwyo.edu
Last Change: 09/12/08